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DRYING MACHINE. No. 305,596. Patented se 2s, 1884.

UNITED, STATES ATENT Fri-CE.

rnanoisir." IRONMONGER, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

DRYING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,596, dated September 23, 1884.

Application filed December 5, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

H represents a furnace or other suitable Be it known that I, FRANCIS M. IRON- source of heat, connected by a flue or pipe, 71, "MONGER, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drying- Machines; and I do declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and ures of reference marked thereon,whieh form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to drying-machines, the object being to provide an inexpensive machine adapted,primarily, for use in the drying of wet nuts, fruit, and other small pro ducts. 1

The invention consists in the combination, with a furnace or other source of heat, of a revolving drying-wheel of peculiar construction, as hereinafter fully described. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a transverse vertical section of a machine construct: ed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longltudinal section of the same. Fig. 3

is a sectional view illustrating the form of the chambers ID.

A represents a box or casing, within which is arranged, in bearings a a,a transverse shaft, 13'. Upon the shaft is rigidly mounted a drum or cylinder, (3, of wire-netting,whose ends are preferably of wood.

D I) represent a series of counterpart drying chambers or compartments formed of wooden sides (I d, covered with wirenetting d, which forms the division-walls between the various compartments, and also covers the inclined peripheral portions d of the chambers, to permit of the escape of moisture from the same. These chambers D are radially ar ranged with relation to the drum 0, and are formed at their outer ends with doors E E. These doors are secured by buttons 6 c or other means.

The lower portion of the box A is provided with a door, F, through which the nutsare removed when dried. Said box is also formed with an opening, G, near its bottom, to allow of the escape of damp air from the box, and with a feed-opening, g.

with the box A, as shown, in such manner as to supply heat to the revolving dry1ng device containing the nuts.

The shaft B may be revolved by any preferred means; but I have here shown it provided with an endless band passing around a power-shaft, I).

The operation of my improved machine will be readily understood. The compartments D are partly filled with the nuts or fruit, and the shaft B is slowly revolved-say five or ten revolutions per minute-thus carrying the drum and dryingchambers, and thoroughly agitating the product being dried. In this way an even and uniform drying is effected,as the whole contents of the chambers D are equally exposed to the action of the heat. The moisture escapes through the wire -netting which connects the .sides (I and forms the chambers D.

By the employment of the drums hereinbe fore described, the contents of the drier are subjected to heat from both within and without. The nuts rest 011 the outer surface of the drum, and the heat reaches them from within the drum as well as through the netting of the chambers D, thus materially facilitating the drying process.

Havingfully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a drying-machine, the combination, with a box or easing, of a revolving shaft, a drum, 0, of wire-netting mounted thereomand radially-arranged dryi ng-chan1bers supported upon said drum, substantially as set forth.

2. In a drying-machine, the combination,

with a box or casing and a furnace or other source of heat, of a transverse shaft, a drum, 0, of wire-cloth, and radially-arranged chambers provided with doors E, adapted to register with a feed-opening, 9, formed in said box, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS M. IRONMONGER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES I. MALONE, NEWBOULD B. SEA'JJON. 

